Weather Records on 24 December 2003

779 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 2003. Highest significance: Warmun, AU.

Key Facts for 24 December 2003

On 24 December 2003, 779 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
368 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 760 daily.
Warmun set a daily record precipitation of 103.7 mm (4.1 in) on 24 December 2003.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 532 records.

Record Map

779 stations

779 station records on 24 December 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.7 mm (4.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Woodcliff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
High Point Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aurland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Riveren	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Havraryd_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tulcea	Romania	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poughkeepsie AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Torup	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cahuacan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corbin	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
NE Phila AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Provo Byu	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gullbra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Linhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Assateague	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bing Bong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stevenson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

779 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 191, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 177, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 24 December 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	191
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	177
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 24 December 2003 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 760.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

625 broken records

Margins by which the 625 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 2003

Top 20 records on 24 December 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 2003	Warmun, AU	daily rain	103.7 mm (4.1 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2003	Salisbury, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2003	Woodcliff Lake, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	78 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 December 2003	New Milford, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2003	Bucuresti-Baneasa, RO	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2003	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2003	Dover, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2003	Neshaminy Falls, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2003	Hanty-Mansijsk, RU	monthly high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	105 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2003	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2003	High Point Park, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2003	Aurland, NO	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2003	Orono, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2003	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	90 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2003	Riveren, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2003	Springvale, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2003	Lysebotn, NO	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2003	Havraryd_D, SE	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2003	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high min	8.8 C (47.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 2003	Tulcea, RO	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2003. 2003 had 779 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-24 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1806	2
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1852	1
1857	1
1864	2
1870	4
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	4
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1889	2
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1898	9
1899	1
1900	2
1901	9
1902	3
1903	5
1904	9
1905	7
1906	26
1907	12
1908	2
1909	68
1910	38
1911	13
1912	33
1913	29
1914	59
1915	51
1916	24
1917	25
1918	95
1919	200
1920	43
1921	142
1922	82
1923	118
1924	369
1925	100
1926	126
1927	81
1928	167
1929	237
1930	95
1931	1,045
1932	849
1933	478
1934	178
1935	225
1936	420
1937	202
1938	157
1939	178
1940	575
1941	589
1942	519
1943	637
1944	300
1945	546
1946	245
1947	370
1948	756
1949	220
1950	633
1951	525
1952	277
1953	512
1954	231
1955	1,334
1956	295
1957	469
1958	205
1959	339
1960	638
1961	415
1962	741
1963	1,191
1964	1,725
1965	766
1966	662
1967	663
1968	946
1969	865
1970	741
1971	543
1972	282
1973	641
1974	793
1975	695
1976	581
1977	952
1978	532
1979	1,100
1980	856
1981	770
1982	1,699
1983	5,032
1984	568
1985	685
1986	736
1987	1,329
1988	712
1989	2,589
1990	2,228
1991	663
1992	464
1993	577
1994	959
1995	1,285
1996	1,287
1997	1,152
1998	916
1999	1,134
2000	707
2001	744
2002	1,056
2003	779
2004	1,099
2005	1,158
2006	925
2007	533
2008	727
2009	1,663
2010	1,316
2011	504
2012	818
2013	866
2014	910
2015	2,438
2016	593
2017	510
2018	208
2019	565
2020	395
2021	1,012
2022	1,334
2023	1,347
2024	467
2025	2,206

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	588
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1